Box-making machine



C. .H. BOMBARDIE. BOX MAKING MAQH INE. APPLICATION map DEC. 29 E916.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

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c. H. BOMBARDIE. Box MAKING MACHINE. APPLICATI ON FILED DEC. 29, 1916.

Patented Marl15, 1921'.

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I firemen/Tor (k/arias UNITED STATES PATENT orric CHARLES E. BOMBARDIE,OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO WIREBOUNDS PATENTS COMPANY, OFKIT-TERY, MAINE, A GORPORATION OF MAINE.

BOX-MAKING MACHINE.

Lean 59s.

Application fiiea December 29, 1916. Serial No. 139,508.

To allwh o'm i t may concern -Be it known that I, CHAnLns H. Borrrannin,a citizen of the United States, and a resident ofSouth Bend, in' thecounty of St.

Joseph and Stateof Indiana, have invented an Improvement in Box-MakingMachines,

of which" the following description, connection with the accompa'nyingdrawings, is

a specification, like characters on the drawn ings representing likeparts. H,

This invention relates to machlnes for use in making wirebound boxes andthe like and amongother objectsis inten'dedto provide improved means forcontrollably; positioning the driven fasteners. for securingthe boxmaterials. together and the {binding wires thereto, no matter What the.dis.-..

- tanoes between the several fasteners maybe or how much they mayvary.As ayp'ar-w ticular use of-the invention I point. outxthe production ofwirebound boX blankswhere in a number offlsidesections have connect ngbinding wires stapled. thereto. In making such blanks it is desirableto, locate the staples definitelywith relation to the edges of thesections and to space them in some particular way along the same.

' In the accompanying ,drawings' I have illustrated 'asan embo ment ofmy invention. a machine of a type gene ally Well known and one adaptedto constru't: a wirebound box blank. My invention will best beunderstood byreference to the following description taken-in connectionwith these drawings, wherein:

a machine embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3' is a section on' line3.3 ofFig. 2'; and

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, I have there illustrated-a machine embodyinga stapling mechanism and acirc'ulating carrier for the box materialswhich is adaptedto move the latter beneath the stapling mechanism foroperation of the latter thereon. This type of machine is in general wellknown andthe illustration herewith of one endthereof will enable thoseskilled in the art .to understand the construction.- The carrier for thebox materials may take :the form of suitable chains 3 adapted to receivebox cleats and trained over sheaves 5, of which one set is bestillustrated in the path of the comprises staplers 5, shown diagrammatiea Fig. 4 is a detail of part of the driving train. i

' shown in the drawings. -A stapler head Fig. 2, is positioned overconveyer. mechanism and cally in Fig. 2-, to which continuous bindingwires may be supphedin a well-known manner. Said staplers are supportedon the cross bar 7fof the machine/and onthe reciprocating crosshead 9adapted to be actu-' ated at either side of the machine by the 'pltman11 and eccentric 13 (see Fig. 1) to drive staples over the binding wiresintojthe material presented beneathrthe head of the conveyer chains 3.Suitable means (not illustrated) may be provided for applying bindingwires to the blank. -All this constru'ction is of familiar form and isin itself.

no part of my present invention.

n-ac-cordance with my invention I prov de means whereby the points ofany atbitrarily chosen series along the .conveyer chain, and inconsequence along the blank ina'terials sustained thereby, may bepresented in succession tothe stapler head for operation of thestaplersthereon upon successive."reciprocations of. the crosshead 9.

For this purpose the carrier or conveyer .may be provided with ayieldable advancing means for feeding the materials beneath the staplerhead, and means may be -provided for checkingthe movement oftheconveyerand consequently of the materials at propertimes in correlation with there ciprocations of the stapler head so as to p, I causestaples to'bedrivenat desired points. Figure lisa s de elevation of one end of In.the present embodiment of the inventlon the conveyer chains are drivenfrom the main shaft 1:5 by a suitable train providing for lost motionunder excessive strain which i train may include a suitable frictionalcouple. Means are provided for halting the conveyer for holdingitstationary against the driving action of'this train while the staple isbeing driven. 7 Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 4, I havethereshown one suitable mechanism by which the conv'eyer chains 3 may beadvanced through the. sheaves from the main shaft 15 .of the machine.The mechanism illustrated comprises a worm shaft 17 driven by the mitergears 19 from the 'main shaft 15, and transmitting motion through wormwheel 21 to friction disk 23 both of which members are on the sleeve 25supported by and free to turn on the axle 27 of the sheave 5. Splined tothe axle 27. is a friction disk 29 adapted to cooperate with the disk23. If desired the disk 29 may be pressed against the disk 23 byfspring31 the tension of which, in the embodiment shown, may be adjusted bymeans of a nut 33 threaded on axle 27 to vary the pressure on the disk29. It is apparent that when the main drivipg shaft 15 of the machine isrtated power will ordinarily be transmitted through the frictionalcouple 23 -29 to r0- tate the sheaves 5 and so move the conveyer chainbut that, if there is excessive resistance to movement of chains 3, thedisk 29 will slip on disk 23 and the movement of the latter will be anidle movement not affecting the chains.

.- The worm-on shaft 17 cannot readily be i turned by the wheel and sothe resistance to movement of the conveyer is not communicated to theshaft 15 in such a manner that v slippa e of the main driving belt mightooour. owever, I do not, wish to be limited to the particular form oftrain shown.

The motion transmitted to the conveyer chains 3 is of sufficientrapidity to move the latter through the maximum distance which it isdesired to-have'between staples in the interval between successivereciprocations of the stapler head. Mean'sare prov ded to halt theconveyer chain when any desired length thereof-has moved beneath the.stapler head after the last operation of the lat- Y terand to hold thesame until the next staple is driven. I will now describe, withreferen'ce particularly to Figs. 2 and 3, one suitable mechanismforaccomplishing this purpose. I have in those figures shown catches 35adapted to cooperate with adjustable holes 39 at suitable intervals intowhich the pins may be fitted. When a stop pin 37 is in contact with thecatch 35 as shown' in Fig.

3 the chain which carries it is held against movement and the staplerhead descending will drive the staple in the box ,material which issupported by the conveyer-chain immediately above or adjacent the point1 where the stop pin 37 is placed.

The catches 35 may take the form of links 41 pivoted at one end toblocks 43 sustained on the frame of the machine and having abutments 45adaptedto cooperate with the stop pins. The link 41 is normallydepressed as by a suitable spring '47 so that the ab'ut-. ment 45 ispresented in the path of the stop pins 37 on the conveyer chain 3. Meansare provided correlated in action with the stapler head for tripping thecatches in order to release the conveyer chains to permit a furtherfeeding movement of the box material. In the present embodiment of theinvention this means takes the form of latches 49 carried by thecrosshead 9 to which they are pivoted, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The

.latch 49 is provided with a beveled end 51 bevel to permit the pin toenter the hook 53 wh1ch will swing into engagement with the .same whenthe latch again hangs down straight As the crosshead 9 rises the linkwill swing upwardly on its pivot against the force of spring 47releas'ingstop pin 37 from the abutment 45. Cross bar 7 is pro- Videdwith a guide 57' in which the latch 49 .runs and this guide is providedwith a cam surface 59 adapted to cooperate with a pin 61 on the latch.After the latch in ascending has swung the catch clear of the stop pinthe cam surface 59 of the guide will act on pin 61 to swing the latchonce again to the left and thereby to disengage the hook portion of thesame from the pin 55. The link 41 .will then drop aided by the action ofspring 47 and'the abutment surface 45 will be in position to engage thenext stop pin on the conveyer chain to halt the latter once again at theproper point for the driving of the next staple.

It will be apparent from the description given of one embodiment of theinvention that I provide means whereby fastening devices such as staplescan be accurately fastened in any desired special relation and atselected points on the work. The stop pins 37 may be adjusted along thelength of the conveyer chains in the position in which it is desired tohave the staples placed, using the blank as a guide if desired, and thechains 'will be halted when those points arrive beneath'the stapler headso that staples will be driven there. The spacing is entirely arbitraryand not only may the relation of staples on a single blank be varied butthe distances between the blanks can be'readily cared for withoutcausing a useless staple to be'formed and driven between blanks.Furthermorefthepositioning of the staple is controlled-directly from thematerials them selves, that is, by pins on thework conveyer placedrelatively to the materialswhichare being held and moved forward by thecon; veyer, and not by a'p'rocess which-locates the staples of a' seriesby determining their dis- .tances from the first of that series. I Inthe latter method there is a possibility for accumulated errorandfurthermore, when the machine moves from one blank to another it isnecessary in practice to provide some means for bringing the mechanisback to a starting or zero point. This is provided for in the presentmachine automatically in the regular operation thereof. V

In machines of the general type shown in the drawing such as hithertohave been known there have beenyvarious factors con polygonal minimizethe tributing to an inaccurate positioning of the staples. In order toreduce the number-of joints in the conveyer chain and therebypossibility of having to place spacing blocks for the cleats at suchjoints, the links of the chains have been made quite long and thesheaves 5 therefore of markedly polygonal form. The use of these sheaveshas given an irregular drive to the chains since the effective crank armthereof varies according asv to whether an apex or a side ofthepolygonis upper:-

mostQ This source of error is entirely eliminated in the presentmechanism since the portion ofthe chain beneath the stapler head at thetime thedatter descends is not directly dependent uponathe distance thesheave 5 has been'driven. The present construction also. eliminates--the difficulties jmentf If the stophitherto experienced in'theunequalmove-.

ment of the twochains Which has caused the sides of the box blank toget-out of Minepins are positioned opposite each other both chains willbe stopped after having moved the same distance in dependently ofslightv differences of movement due. to inaccuracies, of the drivingmechanism therefor and .thestaples will be fastened in exact 'alinementacross-the box blank.

It will be apparent from the above description of a single illustrativeembodiment of my invention that I have provided a simple andefi'ectivemachine whereby fasteners may be driven into materials in anydesired relative position. In explaining the machine shown in thedrawings, I havedescribed the same in considerable detail and namedspecifically the different parts of the mechanism shown.' It will beunderstood, however, that I have done this in order that the structureand operation might be more readily understood and not becausethesematters of detail are essential to my.

invention, but that what I do claim'and'desire to secure by LettersPatent is:

1. A machine of the class described comprising a circulating conveyerfor box materials, a power shaft, a tram between said power shaft andconveyer providing for lost motion under excessive strain, abutments onsaid conveyer, stop means in the path'of said.

abutments, a stapler head, and means correlated in action with said headfor withdrawing said stop means from the path of the abutments.

2. A machine of the class described com-- prising a circulating conveyerfor box ma-- terials, a power shaft, a train ,between said power shaftand conveyer providing for lost motion under excessive strain, abutmentscarried by said conveyer and, arranged tobedistributed a mally restingin the path of said abutments,

positioned at will at desired intervals therealong, stop means in thepath of said abutments, a stapler head, and means correlated in actionwith said head for withdrawing said stop means from the path of theabutments.

3. A machine of the class described comprising a circulating conveyerfor box materials, means for driving the same, said means beingconstructed and arranged to provide for relative lost motion, adjustableabutments distributed along said conveyer,

.a catch normally resting in the path of said abutments, a stapler head,and means carried thereby to throw said catch.

4. A machine of the class described comprising a circulating conveyerfor box ma terials, means for driving the same, said means beingconstructed and arranged to provide for relative lost motion, abutmentsmg said conveyer, a catch nora stapler head, a latch carried thereby andadapted to snap into engagement with said catch on descent of. thestapler head, and means to disengage the latch from the catcl on reversemovement of the head.

5. A machine of the class described-con terials, means for driving thesame, said means being constructed and arranged to provide. for relativelost smotion, adjustable abutments distributed along said conveyer,

a catch spring-pressed into the path of said.

abutments, a stapler head, and means acting periodically in correlationwith said. head for moving the catch against the action of the springand away from the abutments.

7. Av machine of the .class described,

adapted for uninterrupted operation upon materials for a plurality ofboxes, including as elements a stapling and binding-wire-applyingmechanism and a work holder, means for relatively moving the same to aseries of positions for application of staples to they Work on saidholder comprising a yieldable advancing means and a set of membersarranged for successive action to halt-one of said elements against theaction of said ad- ,vancmg means.

8. A machine of the class described including as elements a staplingmechanism and a work holder, yieldable means fon.

members relatively'adjustable to positions corresponding to selectedrelative positions relatively moving the same and a set of bers arrangedfor successive presentation in ,materials, a stapling mechanism andmeans to cause relative movement of said mecha-.

of said elements, said members being 'pre- 'sented in succession, andactlng tohalt rela-" tive movement of said elements against the actionof saidimeansl 3 I '9. A machine of the class described adapt- .ed'foruninterrupted operation upon ma-' correlation with such -movement tointer- ,mittently lock said work holder against .movement.

10. A machine of the class'describedcom; prising, in, combination a.carrier for box nism and ofwork on said carrier, members positionable.in direct spacial relation to the points in an arbitrarily chosen seriesalong the work, and; means cooperating with said bound boxes comprising,inv combination,

members to halt the relative movement referred to. jt effect at suchtimes the driving of staples at such points.

11.A- machine for;- use in making :wire bound boxes comprising, incombination, binding:wireapplying mechanism worksupportlng means; meansfor relatively moving said mechanism and work; and

automatic means to determine a desired relationship between saidmechanism andwork at the time of a wire-securing. opera tion includinga'member adjustable longi- "tudinallyof the work in fixed relation to a]desired'wlre-securing point on the work and a-stop arranged to engagesaid member and thereby'arrest the relative progression when said. pointon the work so related to said member is in position to receive a wirefastening.

"12. A machine for use 'in making wire bound boxes comprising, incombination, binding-wire applying mechanism; worksupporting means;means for relatively moving said mechanism and work; and automatic meansto determine a desired relationship between said mechanism and work atthe time of a wire-securing operation, comprising a member fixed inrelation to the work at a desired wire-fastening point thereof and astop normally in the path of said member to engage the same at thewiresecuring point to arrestthe relative movement.

13. A machine foruse in making wirebound boxes comprising, incombination, binding-wire applying mechanism; worksupporting means;means for relatively moving said mechanism and work; and automatic meansto determine desired relationships between said mechanism and work atthe time of wire-securing operations,eom'prising a set of members infixed relation to the work correlated with desired.

relative positions of work and mechanism and a stop normally in the pathof said members to coact therewith to arrest the progression.

1a. A machine for use in making wire- 'bound boxes comprising, incombination,

3 a series of members distributed along the work at and in fixedrelation to desired fastener-receiving points, and means cooperatingwith said members in succession automatically regulating the progressionto cause presentation successively to the fastener-setting mechanism ofsaid points of the work at which said members are arranged.

15. A machine for use in making wire- 1 means including fastener-settingmechanism to secure binding. wire to box parts; worksupporting means;and means for causing a variable relative progression between the work.and fastener-setting mechanism in" controlled steps for definitelylocating fasteners on the work, which comprises a series ofmembersdistributed along the work at and in fixed relation to desiredfastenerweceiving points thereon, and stop means to cooperate With saidmembers in succession for successively arresting the progression withsaid points of the work presented to the fastener-setting mechanism.

16. A machlne for use 1n making wirebound boxes comprising, 1ncombination,

'means including fastener-setting mechanism teners on the work,comprising a series of -members dlstributed along the work-1n s1m1- larfixed relations to a corresponding series of desired fastener-receivingpoints thereon, and stop means to cooperate with said mem bers .insuccession for successively arresting the progression with said pointsof the work presented to the fastener-setting mechanism.

17. A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, incombination, means including fastener-setting mechanism to securebinding Wire to box parts; worksupporting means; and means for causing avariable relative progression between the work and fastener-settingmechanism in,

controlled steps for definitely locating fasteners on the work,comprislnga series or" independently positionable members distributedalong the work in similar fixed resecuring the wire at a seriesofdesired intervals, including means yieldingly causmg progression at aspeed sufficient for movmatte j lations'to a corresponding series ofdesired fastener-receiv1ng polnts thereon, and stopmeans to cooperatewith said members in- .succession for successively arresting the meansincluding fastener-setting mechanism to secure binding wire to boxparts; worksupportlng means; and means for causing a variable relativeprogression between the Work and fastener-setting mechanism incontrolled steps for definitely locating wire fasteners on the work,comprising a series of independently positionable members distributedalongthe work at desired fastenerreceiving points and in fixed relationthereto, and -means cooperating with said members in successionautomaticall the progression to cause presentation successively to thefastener-setting mechanism of said points of the work at which saidmembers are arranged.

19. A machine for use in making wires bound boxes comprising, incombination, mechanism to secure binding-wire to box parts;work-supporting means; and means for relatively moving said mechanismand workito a series of positions for successively mg a maximum intervalbetween successive actions of the wire-securing mechanism, a set oftraveling members arranged according to desired intervals, and astop'normally in the path of therewith in succession to arrest gression.4

20. In a machine for makingwirebound.

boxes by progressively wiring box-forming ,material, the combinationwith mechanism to secure the binding wires, and means to support thework for proper presentation thereto,

of means for causing-an irregular relative progression between the workandw1re-secur1ng mechanism in controlled steps for applying wirefasteners according to a desired disposition thereof on the work,comprising yieldable advancing means operating at a speed sufficient toimpart a movement between consecutive wire-securing operations of arequired maximum for variable fastener-spacing and joint-skipping, meansto arrest the progression, and means automatically successivelycooperating with said arresting means in accordance with the desireddisposition of fasteners.

21. In amachine for making wirebound boxes by progressively wiringbox-forming material, the combination with mechanism to secure thebinding wires, and means for supporting, the work for properpresentaregulating said members to coact,

the pro-- tion thereto, means for. causing relative quired maximum forvariable fastener-- spacing and joint-skipping, and automatic stop meanscontrolled in accordance with successive presentations-to thefastener-setting mechanism of said/ desired points on theworkfor'arresting the relative progres sion against the action of saidadvancing means I 22. A machine for use in making wirebound boxescomprising, in combination, means to secure binding wire to box parts;work-supporting'means; and means for relatively moving the Work and thewire-securing means to a series of positions for securing the wire at asuccession of desired points on the box parts, comprising yieldableadvancing means operating at a speed sufiicient'to impart a maximumspacing and joint skipping movement between consecutive wire-securingoperations, and a set of members correlated with desired relativepositions of the work and the wire-securing -means arranged forsuccessive relative presentation to arrest the relative progresmeans..23. A machine for use in making wire bound boxes comprising, incombination,

1 means to secure binding wire'to box parts;

work-supporting means; and means to according to such desiredarrangement of' wire fasteners, and stop means in the path of saidmembers to coact successively therer with to arrest the relativeprogression.

24. A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, incombination, mechanism to secure binding wire to boxforming material;work-supporting means; andmeans'for causing relative progression betweensaid wire-securing mechanism and the work in controlled steps fordefinitely positioning wire fasteni ngs on the work, comprising amotion-imparting mechanism constructed and arranged to permit lost motion and to impart a relative movement between consecutive wire-securingoperations sion against the action of said advancing of sufficientmagnitude for the maximum progression required for variable spacing andjoint-skipping, and a set of members correlated with desired relativeposition of the work and the wire-securing mechanism arranged forsuccessive relative presentation to arrest the relative progression.

25. A machine for use inwmaking wire-' bound boxes comprising, incombination, means to secure binding wlre to box parts;

- work-supporting means; and means for relatively moving work andwire-securing means in regulated steps for securing the binding wire atdesired points on the work, comprising motion-imparting means constructed and arranged to permit lost motion 26. A machine for use'iiimaking wirebound boxes by progressively wiring boxforming material,which comprises, in combination, means to secure the binding wires;cooperating work-supporting means; and means for causing anirregularrelative progression between the work and'the wiresecuringmeans in steps of controlled length for definitely locating the wirefastenings on the work, comprising motion-imparting mechanismconstructed and arranged to permit lost motion and to impart. a movementbetween consecutive wire-securing, operations of sufiicientmagn'itudefor the max-imum-progression required for variable spacing andjoint skipping, a set of members correlated with desired relativepositions of the work and the wire-securing. means and arranged forsuccessive presentation in correlation with a succession of such move..ments, and means successively cooperating therewlth for regulating thecessationsof.

such movements.

27. In a machine for making wirebound boxes by uninterrupted progressiveaction of wire-securing mechanism upon a succession of box assemblies,an automatic means to produce a skip feed to prevent the appli cation ofwire fastenersat box 'joints','com prising means for yieldinglyforwarding the work at a sutficient speed for the skip feed and meanseffective after a wire-securing operation for rendering said forwardingmeans operative.

28. A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, incombination binding wire applying-mechanism; worksupporting means;yieldably operating. means for relatively advancing the work and thewire-applying mechanism at a speed sufficient to impart a maximumspacing and joint skipping movement between consecutive wire-fasteningoperations; a set of members arranged in fixed relation to the workaccording'to a desired disposition of fasteners, and stop mea'nsnormallyin the' pathof said members to arrest the relative movement against theaction of said advancing means.

29. A machine foruse in making wirebound boxes comprising, incombination, binding wire applying mechanism; worksupporting means;yieldably -operating means for relatively moving workand' wireapplyingmechanism at a speed sufiicient to impart a maximum spacing and jointskipping movement between consecutive wire-fastening operations, a setof members arranged in fixed relation to the work according to a desireddisposition of fasteners; and stop means normally in thepath of saidmembers to arrest the relative moveineans, and means correlated inaction with r I said wire-applymg mechanism for automatmeans ,to securebindingwire to box parts; continuously operating means for feedingthereto'a succession of box assemblies, including means-for yieldinglyadvancing the work at a speed sufficient for a maximum spacingand"joint-skipping movement between consecutive ,wire-securingoperations; and automatic means controlled in accordance with thepresentation to the wire-securing-means of a succession of desiredwiresecuring points on the box assemblies for arresting movement of saidbox assemblies.

.321 A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, incombination, means to secure binding wire to box assemblies; means r orfeeding-thereto a succession of box assemblies, including continuouslyoperating means for yieldingly advancing the work at aspeed sufiicientfor amaximum spacing and.joint-skipping movement be-. tween consecutivewire-securing operations; and cooperating. means for controllablypositioning-- wire 'fastenings comprising a set of members correlatedwith'sele'cted relameat against the action of said advancing T boundboxes comprising, in combination,

I the work.

33. A machinefor use in making wirebound boxes comprising,in-combination, means to secure binding wire to box parts; continuouslyoperating means for feeding thereto a succession ofboxassemblies, in-

cludingmeans for yieldingly advancing the i work at a speed sufficientto impart a maximum spacing and joint skipping movement betweenconsecutive actions of the wire-securing means; stop means for arrestingthe movement of said box assemblies; and means automatically cooperatingwith said Stop means aplurality of times for a given box assembly. A

34. A' machine'for use in making wirebound boxes-comprising, incombination, work-supporting means for holding cleats and side materialin relationship to be secured together and for application of bindingwirethereto;' mechanism to fasten such box parts together and to securethe binding wire thereto; and means for relativelymovingsaid mechanismand work to a series of 'selected positionsfor operation at desiredpoints oirthe work, including stop means and a set of members arrangedparallel to the length of the cleats in a relationship corresponding tosaid desired points, said members cooperating successively with saidstop meansto arrest the relative movement.

35. A machine-for use in making wire- .bound boxes comprising, incombination, work-supporting means for hdlding cleats and side materialin relationshipto be secured together and for application of bindingwire thereto; mechanism to fasten together said box parts and securebinding ,wire thereto; and means for relatively moving said mechanismand work holder to a series of selected positions for operation atdesired points on the work, including a set of members arranged parallelto the length of the cleats at desired fastening points and meanscooperating with said members I in succession for determining movementsto present said points to said mechanism.

36, In a machine for use in making wirebound boxes, by progressiveaction ofwiresecuring mechanism upon assembled box .parts, thecombination of said mechanism,

work-supporting means, and feed mechanism to cause relative progressionbetween said' mechanism and work; in a continuously operatingorganization for wiring a succession of assembled parts for successiveboxes;

pattern means comprising a set of members arranged respectively atdesired wire-fastening'points; and means successively 00-- operatingtherewith for relatively positioning said mechanism and work to receivethe wire vfastenings at said points.

sired relationships between saidmechanism" and'workat the time ofwire-securing operations, including a set of members arranged 'forsuccessive action to arrest the relative progression. v

38. A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising, incombination,

, \means to secure binding wire to box vparts;

work-supporting means; means to cause relative progression between saidmechanism and work; said elements constructed and arranged to provide acontinuously operating organization for wiring successive box assemblies; and cooperating fastener-positionin'g means for controllablylocating individual wire fastenings on successive boxassemblies,comprising a set of members corthe relative progression.

39. A machine for use in making wire 2 related with chosen wire.fastening points and arranged for successive action to arrest boundboxes comprising, in combination,

means to secure binding wire to box parts; work-supporting means; meansto cause relative step movements between said mecha nism and work; saidelements constructed and arranged to provide a continuously op eratingorganization for wiring successive box assemblies; and codperatingfastenerpositioning means -for controllably locating individualfasteners on successive box assemblie's, comprising means controlled inaccordance with the passageof desired wirefastening points on saidassemblies for-regir' lating the cessations of said relative stepmovements. I

40. A box-blank machine comprising, in combination, cooperatingblank-feeding and binding-wire applying mechanisms in a con,-tinuously-operating organization for wiring successive blanks; andautomatic means for determining desired relationships between successiveblanks and the binding-wire applying mechanism for securing the bindingwires at desired points on the blanks,-comprising members setrespectively at said points on successive blanks and means 00- I wiringsuccessive blanks; and blank-feeding means constructed and arranged foryieldably advancing the blanks at sufiicient speed to impart a feed.movement between successive operations of the wire-applying mechanismas, great in extent as the maxi-- sage of desired wire-fastening pointson successive blanks forarresting the movement of the work when suchpoints are successively in position for operation of the wire-applyingmechanism tnereat.

42. A box-blank machine. comprising in combination, cooperatingblank-feeding and binding-wire applying mechanisms in acontinuously-operating organization. for wiring" successive blanks; saidblank-feeding means comprising continuously-driven means for yieldinglyadvancing the work; and automatic means, including a set of irregularlyspaced members correlated with desired relative positions of the workand binding-wire applying mechanism for successively-stopping themovement of the work in such selected relative positions. .3. A machinefor use in making Wirebound boxes, constructed and arranged foruninterrupted operation upon materials for a plurality of boxescomprising, in combination, a worksupport, fastener-setting andbinding-wire-applyin'g mechanism, means to cause relative progressionbetweenthe work and said mechanism, and means to control said relativeprogression by automatically arresting the same at selected times.

44. A machine-for use in making wirebound boxes constructed.andarran'ged for.

uninterrupted operation upon materials for a plurality of boxescomprising, in combination, a work support; fastener-setting mechanism;means to cause relative progression between the work and said mechanism;

uninterrupted operation upon materials for AA I a i I a plurality ofboxes comprising, in combination, a work support; fastener-settingmechanism; means to cause relativeprogression between said mechanism andthe work; and progression arresting means to control said relativeprogression to locate fasteners where desired on the work, including apatbound boxes comprising, in combination, a work supportfastener-sett1ng and bindingwire-applying mechanism; means to cause,relativeprogression between said mecha- .IllSIIl and the work; andmeans for autobouncl boxes. comprising; in combination, a.

work support; fastener-setting and binding-' wire-applying mechanism;means to cause relative progression between said mechanism' and thework; and means for auto" mat1cally stopping said relative progressionat selected times to locate fasteners on the work, said meansbeingconstruct'ed and ar= ranged for continuous automatic operation uponaisuccession of .box assemblies.

as. A machine for use in making wirebound boxes comprising; incombination,'

fastener-setting mechanism for applying. 7

bindingwire to box parts; wo'rksupporting means; means for relativelymoving the work and said mechanism; a set of memonannns Hi BOMBARDIE.

